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| Burton C. Bell - Big Day Out 2010 Photo credit: Carl Ewen |
FEAR FACTORYSATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2012
Tickets from 12 Jul at
Ticketmaster & Real Groovy
LA's finest exponents
of industrial metal make a welcome return visit to NZ in support of their
latest album 'The Industrialist'. The band were last seen in NZ in 2010,
supporting Metallica in Christchuch.
Formed in 1989, the
band are now in their 23rd year and show no sign of easing up. 'The
Industrialist' is possibly their strongest album yet and something of a
'concept' album, informed by the recent Occupy and Anonymous movements.
Founding member and guitarist Dino Cazares describes the new album as 'more
Fear Factory than anything we've done in years', and he should know. An
acrimonious rift caused Cazares to leave the band for eight years, but he was
back on board for 2009's 'Mechanise' and 'The Industrialist' consolidates his
return to the fold.
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| Dino Cazares - Big Day Out 2010 Photo credit: Carl Ewen |
Fear Factory's
influence on multiple generations of metal bands cannot be
over-estimated. Their combination of death-metal's brutal 'throat
singing' and 'clean' vocals within the same song was something of a
game-changer in metal. They were also one of the first metal bands to
release a remix album and their use of 'syncopated guitar and kick-drum
patterns' can be heard today in genres as diverse as dubstep.
This year Fear
Factory embark on an extensive world tour with the odd 'surprise' show thrown
into the mix, including a spot on the notorious Gathering of the Jugaloos
festival in August. But wherever they are and whoever they are playing
with one thing is certain - '[Fear Factory] it's what still matters most to
us', as frontman Burton C. Bell succinctly puts in.
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| Lou Dogg, Dino & NZ_Rocker - Big Day Out 2010 Photo credit: Carl Ewen |
Don't miss this
chance to see one of metal's most consistently innovative bands when they
play....
Announcement courtesy of www.powerstation.net.nz
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